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yahoo-messenger.exe

Spiral Media

The application yahoo-messenger.exe by Spiral Media has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Tomorrow Software Installer installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadnet1195.com.
Publisher:
Precise Modern System Installer  (signed by Spiral Media)

Product:
Precise Modern System Installer

Version:
44.8.7.8361

MD5:
ac4bc49f8ca1c188691c8f40a7122980

SHA-1:
ad5536105bcf58f7be2b49a0eabe2e2690e309ef

SHA-256:
7d7cbf71fac1e752d59daf4a81bea3d70b597d1d70b31a8a2779f22d5a547999

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/16/2024 1:28:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.SpiralMedia.Bundler (M)
16.1.2.6

File size:
758.9 KB (777,096 bytes)

Product version:
44.8.7.8361

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\yahoo-messenger.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spiral Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/23/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/23/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Spiral Media, O=Spiral Media, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6D229836E7034F48BD411B17636E7FEF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/4/2014 2:47:13 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:B6dHwlStB1Jhc+CHdEEKSOeMp1w3dZY1myqW6GTb8xukulxU/tC09NZRF9c8pxvh:YttbJ49EEOJpYe1my16GHwuLU/LZRF9Z

Entry address:
0x1EFD70

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, EC, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.9216

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
744 KB (761,856 bytes)

The file yahoo-messenger.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files4.downloadnet1195.com/download/.../dl?bc=1192719&pid=advertisode&brand=advertisode.com&aid=us_103278_downloadbx.com_191410638_3936333365_10009965516&s=test_source&c=us&country=US&cb=554517157&filename=yahoo-messenger.exe&productKey=tanlyralhjxl2zfipeww5bydqjzynk7l&osName=Windows&osVersion=8.1&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&zTmp=1&executable=1188405

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